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7 June 2020

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

9.0 |
PopMatters

8.5 |
Pitchfork

A huge part of what makes the work so strong is the generous human spirit that bleeds into it, and Too Bright is the best example to date of the lengths he goes to confront his fears and demons
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8.369631

8.3 |
Paste Magazine

If the first two Perfume Genius albums played something like nightmares—beautiful, full of danger, guided by pristine internal logic—then Too Bright is where Hadreas finally yells himself awake
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8.071634

8.0 |
The Quietus

He exists independently as a cultural explorer as well as simply a very fine, very sensitive songwriter
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8.069654

8.0 |
Under The Radar

Similar to St. Vincent's self-titled record delivered earlier this year, Too Bright is pitch-perfect, released under a stage name, and adorned with its creator's visage
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8.069744

8.0 |
The FT

Mike Hadreas is back with a dramatically transformed effort, vocals ranging from high croon to strange distorted tones
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8.069786

8.0 |
God Is In The TV

Fortunately Too Bright, whilst being by far the most developed and exotic Perfume Genius album to date, does not forsake pure, primordial emotion
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8.069842

8.0 |
Mojo

A deeply odd but consistently compelling work. Print edition only

8.069853

8.0 |
No Ripcord

Few artists in this day in age take self-expression through art to heart like Hadreas does as Perfume Genius, and with the sensitive confidence that radiates from Too Bright, he’s mastered in a way few artists never do
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8.069881

8.0 |
Fact

Stare at the sun just a bit too long and you’ll get spots on your vision; listen to this album a while and it might start to reshape the way you see
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8.0 |
The Skinny

8.0 |
DIY

Heady and potent, ‘Too Bright’ is an astonishingly brilliant album
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7.069540

7.0 |
Slant Magazine

Nothing here sounds revolutionary or even especially distinctive, but Hadreas has successfully conceived of a new context for his raw lyrical approach, opting for a jagged, complex collection of bedroom pop over another sparsely appointed set of torch songs
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7.069601

7.0 |
Rolling Stone

Demands attention in a way his quietly heartbreaking music hasn't in the past
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